To support the KCFI type-id which needs to convert unique function
prototypes into unique 32-bit values, add a subset of the Itanium C++
mangling ABI for C typeinfo of function prototypes, but then do
hashing, which is needed by KCFI to get a 32-bit hash value for a
given function prototype. Optionally report the mangled string
to the dumpfile.
Trying to extract only the C portions of the gcc/cp/mangle.cc code
seemed infeasible after a few attempts. So this is the minimal subset
of the mangling ABI needed to generate unique KCFI type ids.
I could not find a way to build a sensible selftest infrastructure for
this code. I wanted to do something like this:
#ifdef CHECKING_P
const char code[] = "
typedef struct { int x, y } xy_t;
extern int func(xy_t *p);
";
ASSERT_MANGLE (code, "_ZTSPFiP4xy_tE");
...
#endif
But I could not find any way to build a localized parser that could
parse the "code" string from which I could extract the "func" fndecl.
It would have been so much nicer to build the selftest directly into
mangle.cc here, but I couldn't figure it out. Instead, later patches
create a "kcfi" dump file, and the large kcfi testsuite validates
expected mangle strings as part of the type-id validation.
gcc/ChangeLog:
* Makefile.in: Add mangle.o to build.
* mangle.cc: New file. Implement C typeinfo mangling for KCFI.
* mangle.h: New file. Export hash_function_type function.
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <k...@kernel.org>
---
gcc/Makefile.in | 1 +
gcc/mangle.h | 32 +++
gcc/mangle.cc | 512 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 545 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 gcc/mangle.h
create mode 100644 gcc/mangle.cc
diff --git a/gcc/Makefile.in b/gcc/Makefile.in
index d2744db843d7..4c12ac68d979 100644
--- a/gcc/Makefile.in
+++ b/gcc/Makefile.in
@@ -1617,6 +1617,7 @@ OBJS = \
lto-section-out.o \
lto-opts.o \
lto-compress.o \
+ mangle.o \
mcf.o \
mode-switching.o \
modulo-sched.o \
diff --git a/gcc/mangle.h b/gcc/mangle.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fe7916dd68e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/mangle.h
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* Itanium C++ ABI type mangling for GCC.
+ Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GCC.
+
+GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later
+version.
+
+GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GCC; see the file COPYING3. If not see
+<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#ifndef GCC_MANGLE_H
+#define GCC_MANGLE_H
+
+#include "tree.h"
+#include <string>
+
+/* Function type hashing following Itanium C++ ABI conventions.
+ Returns the FNV-1a hash of the mangled type string.
+ Builds the actual string only if dump is active for debugging.
+ Optional fndecl parameter provides function context for error reporting. */
+extern uint32_t hash_function_type (tree fntype, tree fndecl = NULL_TREE);
+
+#endif /* GCC_MANGLE_H */
diff --git a/gcc/mangle.cc b/gcc/mangle.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8f177a415e15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/mangle.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,512 @@
+/* Itanium C++ ABI type mangling for GCC.
+ Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GCC.
+
+GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later
+version.
+
+GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GCC; see the file COPYING3. If not see
+<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#include "config.h"
+#include "system.h"
+#include "coretypes.h"
+#include "tree.h"
+#include "diagnostic-core.h"
+#include "stringpool.h"
+#include "stor-layout.h"
+#include "mangle.h"
+#include "selftest.h"
+#include "dumpfile.h"
+#include "print-tree.h"
+
+/* Current function context for better error reporting. */
+static tree current_function_context = NULL_TREE;
+
+/* Helper to update FNV-1a hash with a single character. */
+static inline void
+fnv1a_hash_char (uint32_t *hash_state, unsigned char c)
+{
+ *hash_state ^= c;
+ *hash_state *= 16777619U; /* FNV-1a 32-bit prime. */
+}
+
+/* Helper to append character to optional string and update hash using FNV-1a.
*/
+static void
+append_char (char c, std::string *out_str, uint32_t *hash_state)
+{
+ if (out_str)
+ *out_str += c;
+ fnv1a_hash_char (hash_state, (unsigned char) c);
+}
+
+/* Helper to append string to optional string and update hash using FNV-1a. */
+static void
+append_string (const char *str, std::string *out_str, uint32_t *hash_state)
+{
+ if (out_str)
+ *out_str += str;
+ for (const char *p = str; *p; p++)
+ fnv1a_hash_char (hash_state, (unsigned char) *p);
+}
+
+/* Forward declaration for recursive type mangling. */
+static void mangle_type (tree type, std::string *out_str, uint32_t
*hash_state);
+
+/* Mangle a builtin type following Itanium C++ ABI for C types. */
+static void
+mangle_builtin_type (tree type, std::string *out_str, uint32_t *hash_state)
+{
+ gcc_assert (type != NULL_TREE);
+
+ switch (TREE_CODE (type))
+ {
+ case VOID_TYPE:
+ append_char ('v', out_str, hash_state);
+ return;
+
+ case BOOLEAN_TYPE:
+ append_char ('b', out_str, hash_state);
+ return;
+
+ case INTEGER_TYPE:
+ /* Handle standard integer types using Itanium ABI codes. */
+ if (type == char_type_node)
+ append_char ('c', out_str, hash_state);
+ else if (type == signed_char_type_node)
+ append_char ('a', out_str, hash_state);
+ else if (type == unsigned_char_type_node)
+ append_char ('h', out_str, hash_state);
+ else if (type == short_integer_type_node)
+ append_char ('s', out_str, hash_state);
+ else if (type == short_unsigned_type_node)
+ append_char ('t', out_str, hash_state);
+ else if (type == integer_type_node)
+ append_char ('i', out_str, hash_state);
+ else if (type == unsigned_type_node)
+ append_char ('j', out_str, hash_state);
+ else if (type == long_integer_type_node)
+ append_char ('l', out_str, hash_state);
+ else if (type == long_unsigned_type_node)
+ append_char ('m', out_str, hash_state);
+ else if (type == long_long_integer_type_node)
+ append_char ('x', out_str, hash_state);
+ else if (type == long_long_unsigned_type_node)
+ append_char ('y', out_str, hash_state);
+ else
+ {
+ /* Fallback for other integer types - use precision-based encoding.
*/
+ append_char ('i', out_str, hash_state);
+ append_string (std::to_string (TYPE_PRECISION (type)).c_str (),
out_str, hash_state);
+ }
+ return;
+
+ case REAL_TYPE:
+ if (type == float_type_node)
+ append_char ('f', out_str, hash_state);
+ else if (type == double_type_node)
+ append_char ('d', out_str, hash_state);
+ else if (type == long_double_type_node)
+ append_char ('e', out_str, hash_state);
+ else
+ {
+ /* Fallback for other real types. */
+ append_char ('f', out_str, hash_state);
+ append_string (std::to_string (TYPE_PRECISION (type)).c_str (),
out_str, hash_state);
+ }
+ return;
+
+ case VECTOR_TYPE:
+ {
+ /* Handle vector types following Itanium C++ ABI:
+ Dv<num-elements>_<element-type-encoding>
+ Example: uint8x16_t → Dv16_h (vector of 16 unsigned char) */
+ tree vector_size = TYPE_SIZE_UNIT (type);
+ tree element_type = TREE_TYPE (type);
+ tree element_size = TYPE_SIZE_UNIT (element_type);
+
+ if (vector_size && element_size &&
+ TREE_CODE (vector_size) == INTEGER_CST &&
+ TREE_CODE (element_size) == INTEGER_CST)
+ {
+ append_char ('D', out_str, hash_state);
+ append_char ('v', out_str, hash_state);
+
+ unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT vec_bytes = tree_to_uhwi (vector_size);
+ unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT elem_bytes = tree_to_uhwi (element_size);
+ unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT num_elements = vec_bytes / elem_bytes;
+
+ /* Append number of elements. */
+ append_string (std::to_string (num_elements).c_str (), out_str,
hash_state);
+ append_char ('_', out_str, hash_state);
+
+ /* Recursively mangle the element type. */
+ mangle_type (element_type, out_str, hash_state);
+ return;
+ }
+ /* Fail for vectors with unknown size. */
+ }
+ break;
+
+ default:
+ break;
+ }
+
+ /* Unknown builtin type - this should never happen in a well-formed C
program. */
+ debug_tree (type);
+ internal_error ("mangle: Unknown builtin type in function %qD - please
report this as a bug",
+ current_function_context);
+}
+
+/* Canonicalize typedef types to their underlying named struct/union types. */
+static tree
+canonicalize_typedef_type (tree type)
+{
+ /* Handle typedef types - canonicalize to named structs when possible. */
+ if (TYPE_NAME (type) && TREE_CODE (TYPE_NAME (type)) == TYPE_DECL)
+ {
+ tree type_decl = TYPE_NAME (type);
+
+ /* Check if this is a typedef (not the original struct declaration) */
+ if (DECL_ORIGINAL_TYPE (type_decl))
+ {
+ tree original_type = DECL_ORIGINAL_TYPE (type_decl);
+
+ /* If the original type is a named struct/union/enum, use that
instead. */
+ if ((TREE_CODE (original_type) == RECORD_TYPE
+ || TREE_CODE (original_type) == UNION_TYPE
+ || TREE_CODE (original_type) == ENUMERAL_TYPE)
+ && TYPE_NAME (original_type)
+ && ((TREE_CODE (TYPE_NAME (original_type)) == TYPE_DECL
+ && DECL_NAME (TYPE_NAME (original_type)))
+ || TREE_CODE (TYPE_NAME (original_type)) == IDENTIFIER_NODE))
+ {
+ /* Recursively canonicalize in case the original type is also a
typedef. */
+ return canonicalize_typedef_type (original_type);
+ }
+
+ /* For basic type typedefs (e.g., u8 -> unsigned char), canonicalize
to original type. */
+ if (TREE_CODE (original_type) == INTEGER_TYPE
+ || TREE_CODE (original_type) == REAL_TYPE
+ || TREE_CODE (original_type) == POINTER_TYPE
+ || TREE_CODE (original_type) == ARRAY_TYPE
+ || TREE_CODE (original_type) == FUNCTION_TYPE
+ || TREE_CODE (original_type) == METHOD_TYPE
+ || TREE_CODE (original_type) == BOOLEAN_TYPE
+ || TREE_CODE (original_type) == COMPLEX_TYPE
+ || TREE_CODE (original_type) == VECTOR_TYPE)
+ {
+ /* Recursively canonicalize in case the original type is also a
typedef. */
+ return canonicalize_typedef_type (original_type);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ return type;
+}
+
+/* Recursively mangle a type following Itanium C++ ABI conventions. */
+static void
+mangle_type (tree type, std::string *out_str, uint32_t *hash_state)
+{
+ gcc_assert (type != NULL_TREE);
+
+ /* Canonicalize typedef types to their underlying named struct types. */
+ type = canonicalize_typedef_type (type);
+
+ switch (TREE_CODE (type))
+ {
+ case POINTER_TYPE:
+ {
+ /* Pointer type: 'P' + qualifiers + pointed-to type. */
+ append_char ('P', out_str, hash_state);
+
+ /* Add qualifiers to the pointed-to type following Itanium C++ ABI
ordering. */
+ tree pointed_to_type = TREE_TYPE (type);
+ if (TYPE_QUALS (pointed_to_type) != TYPE_UNQUALIFIED)
+ {
+ /* Emit qualifiers in Itanium ABI order: restrict, volatile, const.
*/
+ if (TYPE_QUALS (pointed_to_type) & TYPE_QUAL_RESTRICT)
+ append_char ('r', out_str, hash_state);
+ if (TYPE_QUALS (pointed_to_type) & TYPE_QUAL_VOLATILE)
+ append_char ('V', out_str, hash_state);
+ if (TYPE_QUALS (pointed_to_type) & TYPE_QUAL_CONST)
+ append_char ('K', out_str, hash_state);
+ }
+
+ /* For KCFI's hybrid type system: preserve typedef names for compound
types,
+ but use canonical forms for primitive types. */
+ tree target_type;
+ if (TREE_CODE (pointed_to_type) == RECORD_TYPE
+ || TREE_CODE (pointed_to_type) == UNION_TYPE
+ || TREE_CODE (pointed_to_type) == ENUMERAL_TYPE)
+ {
+ /* Compound type: preserve typedef information by using original
type. */
+ target_type = pointed_to_type;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ /* Primitive type: use canonical form to ensure structural typing.
*/
+ target_type = TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT (pointed_to_type);
+ }
+ mangle_type (target_type, out_str, hash_state);
+ break;
+ }
+
+ case ARRAY_TYPE:
+ /* Array type: 'A' + size + '_' + element type (simplified). */
+ append_char ('A', out_str, hash_state);
+ if (TYPE_DOMAIN (type) && TYPE_MAX_VALUE (TYPE_DOMAIN (type)))
+ {
+ tree max_val = TYPE_MAX_VALUE (TYPE_DOMAIN (type));
+ /* Check if array size is a compile-time constant to handle VLAs
safely. */
+ if (TREE_CODE (max_val) == INTEGER_CST && tree_fits_shwi_p (max_val))
+ {
+ HOST_WIDE_INT size = tree_to_shwi (max_val) + 1;
+ append_string (std::to_string ((long) size).c_str (), out_str,
hash_state);
+ }
+ /* For VLAs or non-constant dimensions, emit empty size (A_). */
+ append_char ('_', out_str, hash_state);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ /* No domain or no max value - emit A_. */
+ append_char ('_', out_str, hash_state);
+ }
+ mangle_type (TREE_TYPE (type), out_str, hash_state);
+ break;
+
+ case REFERENCE_TYPE:
+ /* Reference type: 'R' + referenced type.
+ Note: We must handle references to builtin types including compiler
+ builtins like __builtin_va_list used in functions like va_start. */
+ append_char ('R', out_str, hash_state);
+ mangle_type (TREE_TYPE (type), out_str, hash_state);
+ break;
+
+ case FUNCTION_TYPE:
+ {
+ /* Function type: 'F' + return type + parameter types + 'E' */
+ append_char ('F', out_str, hash_state);
+ mangle_type (TREE_TYPE (type), out_str, hash_state);
+
+ /* Add parameter types. */
+ tree param_types = TYPE_ARG_TYPES (type);
+
+ if (param_types == NULL_TREE)
+ {
+ /* func() - no parameter list (could be variadic). */
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ bool found_real_params = false;
+ for (tree param = param_types; param; param = TREE_CHAIN (param))
+ {
+ tree param_type = TREE_VALUE (param);
+ if (param_type == void_type_node)
+ {
+ /* Check if this is the first parameter (explicit void) or
a sentinel */
+ if (!found_real_params)
+ {
+ /* func(void) - explicit empty parameter list.
+ Mangle void to distinguish from variadic func(). */
+ mangle_type (void_type_node, out_str, hash_state);
+ }
+ /* If we found real params before this void, it's a
sentinel - stop */
+ break;
+ }
+
+ found_real_params = true;
+
+ /* For value parameters, ignore const/volatile qualifiers as
they
+ don't affect the calling convention. const int and int are
+ passed identically by value. */
+ tree canonical_param_type = param_type;
+ if (TREE_CODE (param_type) != POINTER_TYPE
+ && TREE_CODE (param_type) != REFERENCE_TYPE
+ && TREE_CODE (param_type) != ARRAY_TYPE)
+ {
+ /* Strip qualifiers for non-pointer/reference value
parameters. */
+ canonical_param_type = TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT (param_type);
+ }
+
+ mangle_type (canonical_param_type, out_str, hash_state);
+ }
+ }
+
+ /* Check if this is a variadic function and add 'z' marker. */
+ if (stdarg_p (type))
+ {
+ append_char ('z', out_str, hash_state);
+ }
+
+ append_char ('E', out_str, hash_state);
+ break;
+ }
+
+ case RECORD_TYPE:
+ case UNION_TYPE:
+ case ENUMERAL_TYPE:
+ {
+ /* Struct/union/enum: use simplified representation for C types. */
+ const char *name = NULL;
+
+ if (TYPE_NAME (type))
+ {
+ if (TREE_CODE (TYPE_NAME (type)) == TYPE_DECL)
+ {
+ /* TYPE_DECL case: both named structs and typedef structs. */
+ tree decl_name = DECL_NAME (TYPE_NAME (type));
+ if (decl_name && TREE_CODE (decl_name) == IDENTIFIER_NODE)
+ {
+ name = IDENTIFIER_POINTER (decl_name);
+ }
+ }
+ else if (TREE_CODE (TYPE_NAME (type)) == IDENTIFIER_NODE)
+ {
+ /* Direct identifier case. */
+ name = IDENTIFIER_POINTER (TYPE_NAME (type));
+ }
+ }
+
+ /* If no name found through normal extraction, handle anonymous types
following Itanium C++ ABI. */
+ if (!name && !TYPE_NAME (type))
+ {
+ static char anon_name[128];
+
+ if (TREE_CODE (type) == UNION_TYPE)
+ {
+ /* For anonymous unions, try to find first named field (Itanium
ABI approach). */
+ tree field = TYPE_FIELDS (type);
+ while (field && !DECL_NAME (field))
+ field = DECL_CHAIN (field);
+
+ if (field && DECL_NAME (field))
+ {
+ const char *field_name = IDENTIFIER_POINTER (DECL_NAME
(field));
+ snprintf (anon_name, sizeof(anon_name), "anon_union_by_%s",
field_name);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ /* No named fields - use Itanium-style Ut encoding. */
+ snprintf (anon_name, sizeof(anon_name), "Ut_unnamed_union");
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ /* For anonymous structs/enums, use Itanium-style Ut encoding
+ with layout info for discrimination. */
+ const char *type_prefix = "";
+ if (TREE_CODE (type) == RECORD_TYPE)
+ type_prefix = "struct";
+ else if (TREE_CODE (type) == ENUMERAL_TYPE)
+ type_prefix = "enum";
+
+ /* Include size and field layout for better discrimination. */
+ HOST_WIDE_INT size = 0;
+ if (TYPE_SIZE (type) && tree_fits_shwi_p (TYPE_SIZE (type)))
+ size = tree_to_shwi (TYPE_SIZE (type));
+
+ /* Generate a hash based on field layout to distinguish
same-sized
+ anonymous types. */
+ unsigned layout_hash = 0;
+ if (TREE_CODE (type) == RECORD_TYPE)
+ {
+ for (tree field = TYPE_FIELDS (type); field; field =
DECL_CHAIN (field))
+ {
+ if (TREE_CODE (field) == FIELD_DECL)
+ {
+ /* Hash field offset and type. */
+ if (DECL_FIELD_OFFSET (field))
+ {
+ HOST_WIDE_INT offset = tree_to_shwi
(DECL_FIELD_OFFSET (field));
+ layout_hash = layout_hash * 31 +
(unsigned)offset;
+ }
+
+ /* Hash field type. */
+ tree field_type = TREE_TYPE (field);
+ if (field_type && TYPE_MODE (field_type) !=
VOIDmode)
+ layout_hash = layout_hash * 37 +
(unsigned)TYPE_MODE (field_type);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (layout_hash != 0)
+ snprintf (anon_name, sizeof(anon_name), "Ut_%s_%ld_%x",
+ type_prefix, (long)size, layout_hash);
+ else
+ snprintf (anon_name, sizeof(anon_name), "Ut_%s_%ld",
+ type_prefix, (long)size);
+ }
+
+ name = anon_name;
+ }
+
+ if (name)
+ {
+ append_string (std::to_string (strlen (name)).c_str (), out_str,
hash_state);
+ append_string (name, out_str, hash_state);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ /* Always show diagnostic information for missing struct names. */
+ debug_tree (type);
+ internal_error ("mangle: Missing case in struct name extraction -
please report this as a bug");
+ }
+ break;
+ }
+
+ default:
+ /* Handle builtin types. */
+ mangle_builtin_type (type, out_str, hash_state);
+ break;
+ }
+}
+
+/* Compute canonical function type hash using Itanium C++ ABI mangling. */
+uint32_t
+hash_function_type (tree fntype, tree fndecl)
+{
+ gcc_assert (fntype);
+ gcc_assert (TREE_CODE (fntype) == FUNCTION_TYPE);
+
+ std::string result;
+ std::string *out_str = nullptr;
+ uint32_t hash_state = 2166136261U; /* FNV-1a 32-bit offset basis. */
+
+ /* Only build string if dump is active. */
+ if (dump_file && (dump_flags & TDF_DETAILS))
+ {
+ result.reserve (32);
+ out_str = &result;
+ }
+
+ /* Store function context for error reporting. */
+ current_function_context = fndecl;
+
+ /* Typeinfo for a function prototype. */
+ append_string ("_ZTS", out_str, &hash_state);
+
+ mangle_type (fntype, out_str, &hash_state);
+
+ /* Clear function context. */
+ current_function_context = NULL_TREE;
+
+ /* Output to dump file if enabled. */
+ if (dump_file && (dump_flags & TDF_DETAILS))
+ {
+ fprintf (dump_file, "KCFI type ID: mangled='%s' typeid=0x%08x\n",
+ result.c_str (), hash_state);
+ }
+
+ return hash_state;
+}
--
2.34.1
